Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

水管工

Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
Published: 9:53 am
! p6 }$ Z% B+ J& u9 z9 w) TEDMONTON - Prices for new homes in Edmonton fell 5.3 per cent in July compared to the same month last year, marking the biggest year-over-year drop in 23 years, said Statistics Canada today.

9 Y3 {  D( h. ^' A, f" P; F4 wEdmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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' g" ^; R8 w! H! o1 O2 o5 a' F- Z; Q$ {Compared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.


Calgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.
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"Markets in these cities continue to adjust after experiencing record price increases in the last two and a half years," the federal agency said.
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" W; A) t% J5 aEven heated Saskatoon posted a slower annual increase of 13.1 per cent, "further confirmation of a trend of deceleration in this city. Many builders reported increased prices as a result of higher material and labour costs," the agency  said.

. L& M' J$ l% j: W/ W+ }The fastest pace was in Regina, which saw a year-over-year price increase of 29.6 per cent, down from its record rise of 34 per cent in April.
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As the market continued to cool in Western Canada, prices for new homes rose nationally at a slower pace in July for the sixth consecutive month.

Prices were up 2.7 per cent in July from a year earlier, down from June's annual pace of 3.5 per cent. On a monthly basis, prices edged up 0.1 per cent between June and July.
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. L6 O' L0 K: k& h, [, @" _& |"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.

With files from Canwest News Service

bmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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© Edmonton Journal 2008
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